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I love this series, but can’t help but notice that you have consistently used contrasting front numbers with almost every team. It works well as a quirky niche every once in a while (ie. Dodgers) but looks tacky with most uniform designs IMO.

9 hours ago, PittsburghSucks said:

“I wonder how it would look paired with their modern helmet and their brown pants?”

At this point, with Browns fans showing a strong affinity for the orange pants, and the introduction of the throwback with white pants,  I would be in favor of just throwing out the brown pant option. It’s easily the worst look they have (assuming they never wear the color rush again), and there is no need for 4 possible combinations they could wear with a white jersey. I would wear brown/white for home 1:00 games, brown/orange for home nationally broadcast games, white/white for road 1:00 games, white/orange for road primetime games. I would sprinkle in the throwback for 1 home game, and maybe the Christmas Day game @ Lambeau.

https://www.nfl.com/_amp/indianapolis-colts-throwback-uniforms-1950s-week-12-buccaneers

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

 

If this isn't performance hindering, I don't know what is.  Waiting to hear how it's not.

 

That is such a good looking uni matchup

https://ramsnewlook.com/

no tv numbers

21 hours ago, DNAsports said:

1 and 4

4 with gold pants, or 6 with white pants would be my favorite alternate uniform in the league.

6 minutes ago, chakfu said:

 

If anything I'd be against locking them into a single potentially bad combo.

I completely agree. For example, The Browns look very mediocre in their primary away white jersey/brown pants, but look great in white or orange pants. Switching between Jersey/Pant combinations help teams like the Chiefs, Bucs, Browns, Giants, WFT, etc, (who seldom wear alternate uniforms) keep their identities fresh, without sacrificing much of their branding.

White>Gray>Brown>Orange

51 minutes ago, henburg said:

 

It all just depends on what you enjoy within sports aesthetics I guess. If standardization and tradition is your thing, then sticking to one set combo for home and away would be ideal and I get that. For me, I enjoy seeing new and different things over the course of a season. It allows for a team to expand its identity in interesting ways that keeps it all fresh.

 

That said, I'm not asking for every team to wear 20 combos, but limiting ourselves to 1 helmet, 2 jerseys, and 1-2 pairs of pants is just unnecessarily strict and arbitrary for a whole lot of teams. I see it much more similarly to how Baseball works now rather than College Football, where teams wear different color caps throughout the season that all compliment the identity in different ways. 

 

 

Alternate helmet SHELLS for every team would suck. Additional shells for every team should only be for throwback purposes. However this leaves out the Dolphins, Ravens, Bengals, Texans, Chiefs, Raiders, Giants, Bears, Lions, Panthers, and Cardinals. These teams have basically worn the same color shell for practically their entire history. I feel like that could  become an issue logistically, even though I would love to see Bucco Bruce and Pat Patriot return.

38 minutes ago, MCM0313 said:

Late fifties? 
 

I believe Lombardi was on Paul Brown’s staff when the team switched to orange helmets, which in turn inspired him to put the Packers in yellow helmets. 
 

EDIT: Lombardi was never with the Browns. I’m pretty sure their look inspired Green Bay’s, though. 

they also wore orange sporadically throughout the fifties. That could be another possibility.